Aging, Representation and Thought: Gestalt and Feature-intensive Processing - Hardcover

Sharps, Matthew

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0765801523 ISBN 13: 9780765801524

Publisher: Transaction Publishers, 2002

Synopsis

The brain contains many different functional and anatomical regions. However, brain tissues are sufficiently uniform that the great variety of types of processing in which they engage poses a significant theoretical challenge. How can functionally different kinds of processing, such as verbal memory and reasoning, visual and auditory memory, and mental imagery, all be supported, and appropriately segregated and integrated as needed by the relatively uniform electrochemical activity of the brain's neurons? In Aging, Representation, and Thought, Matthew J. Sharps provides an empirically based, functional answer to this critical question, from the standpoint of modern cognitive psychology.

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About the Author:

<p> <em>Matthew J. Sharps</em> is professor of psychology at California State University, Fresno. His research focuses on forensic applications of cognitive theory, on representation and processing in memory and reasoning, on the evolution of behavior and brain/behavior relationships, and on aging and gender in cognitive processing. In addition, his writings have been published in many professional journals, including <em>Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology</em>, <em>Forensic Examiner</em>, and <em>Current Psychology</em>.</p>

About this edition

• Publisher: Transaction Publishers
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0765801523
• ISBN 13: 9780765801524
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 152